LOHMAN, Bertha (Richters) 1911-2003

LOHMAN, RICHTERS, RUDLOFF

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner (email)
Date: 8/14/2003 at 16:41:51

Bertha Lohman, 91, of Rock Rapids died Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital, Rock Rapids.

Services were Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rock Rapids, with interment in Riverview Cemetery.

Bertha Richters was born Nov. 17, 1911, in New York, N.Y., the daughter of Diedrich and Bertha (Rudloff) Richters. The family moved to Rock Rapids when she was young. She grew up and attended country school near Rock Rapids.

On April 9, 1939, she married Melvin Lohman. They farmed in the Rock Rapids area until retiring and moving into town in 1974.
Her husband died in 1990.

At Immanuel Lutheran Church, she was a member of the ladies' circle.

Survivors include one son, Richard of Madras, Ore., and one daughter, Loriann Lohman of Boone, N.C.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two infant sons, David and Robert; two sisters and one brother.